Daily Scripture Analysis

Please press here to listen to the homily or download Fifteenth Sunday – Year A – Ordinary Time Readings: Isa 55:10-11; Rom 8:18-23; Mt 13:1-23 1/ Reading I: RSV Isaiah 55:10 “For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and return not thither but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, 11 so shall my word be that goes forth from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and prosper in the thing for which … Read more

Please press here to listen to the homily or download Saturday – Fourteenth Week – OT2   Readings: Isa 6:1-8; Mt 10:24-33. 1/ First Reading: NAB Isaiah 6:1 In the year King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a high and lofty throne, with the train of his garment filling the temple. 2 Seraphim were stationed above; each of them had six wings: with two they veiled their faces, with two they veiled their feet, and with two they hovered aloft. 3 “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts!” they cried one to the other. “All the … Read more

Please press here to listen to the homily or download Friday – Fourteenth Week – OT2 Readings: Hos 14:2-10; Mt 10:16-23. Reading 1 (Hos 14:2-10):Thus says the LORD:Return, O Israel, to the LORD, your God;you have collapsed through your guilt.Take with you words,and return to the LORD;Say to him, “Forgive all iniquity,and receive what is good, that we may renderas offerings the bullocks from our stalls.Assyria will not save us,nor shall we have horses to mount;We shall say no more, ‘Our god,’to the work of our hands;for in you the orphan finds compassion.”I will heal their defection, says the LORD,I will … Read more

Please press here to listen to the homily or download Thursday – Fourteenth Week – OT2 Readings: Hos 11:1-4, 8c-9; Mt 10:7-15. Reading 1 (Hos 11:1-4, 8c-9): Thus says the LORD:When Israel was a child I loved him,out of Egypt I called my son.The more I called them,the farther they went from me,Sacrificing to the Baalsand burning incense to idols.Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk,who took them in my arms;I drew them with human cords,with bands of love;I fostered them like onewho raises an infant to his cheeks;Yet, though I stooped to feed my child,they did not know … Read more

Please press here to listen to the homily or download Wednesday – Fourteenth Week – OT2   Readings: Hos 10:1-3, 7-8, 12; Mt 10:1-7. 1/ First Reading: NAB Hosea 10:1 Israel is a luxuriant vine whose fruit matches its growth. The more abundant his fruit, the more altars he built; the more productive his land, the more sacred pillars he set up. 2 Their heart is false, now they pay for their guilt; God shall break down their altars and destroy their sacred pillars. 7 The king of Samaria shall disappear, like foam upon the waters. 8 The high places … Read more

Please press here to listen to the homily or download Tuesday – Fourteenth Week – OT2 Readings: Hos 8:4-7, 11-13; Mt 9:32-38. Reading 1 (Hos 8:4-7, 11-13):Thus says the LORD:They made kings in Israel, but not by my authority;they established princes, but without my approval.With their silver and gold they madeidols for themselves, to their own destruction.Cast away your calf, O Samaria!my wrath is kindled against them;How long will they be unable to attaininnocence in Israel?The work of an artisan,no god at all,Destined for the flames?such is the calf of Samaria! When they sow the wind,they shall reap the whirlwind;The stalk … Read more